mental disorder
Behavioral health care professionals call disorders,
illnesses or diseases that have prominent emotional, behavioral, and psychological symptoms mental disorders . These include substance use disorders and disorders associated with physical changes
or illnesses, many of which directly affect the brain. For most of these disorders, however,
physical causes have not been demonstrated or are poorly understood, even though
biological treatments (e.g. drugs ) may be
effective in treating them. They may be distinguished from and classified separately from
the personality disorders , or the term may be used in such a
way as to include personality disorders.
Terms for specific mental disorders include those officially recognized by the American
Psychiatric Association as well as other more traditional terms. They are formally
classified in the APA DSM IV-TR : DSM-IV-TR
Diagnoses by Category
Traditional and DSM-IV-TR diagnoses:
Also: chemical imbalance , functional mental disorder, mental illness,
insanity , substance abuse , psychopathy , psychopathia
primary psychiatric disorder
| secondary psychiatric disorder
Books and Other
Media:
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Adamec, Christine & Jaffe, D. J. How to Live With a Mentally Ill Person - A Handbook of Day-To-Day Strategies
Paperback 1996
Barlow, David H Clinical Handbook
of Psychological Disorders : A Step-By-Step Treatment Manual Hardcover 1994 A very
useful step-by-step guidebook for professionals in treating major psychological disorders.
-Jeanette Chen, PhD
Cosi DVD Ben Medelsohn 1997
Frances VHS
| DVD 1994
Annotation :
Literature, Arts,
and Medicine Database at New York University School of Medicine In the film
Jessica Lange plays the actress whose questionable mental illness resulted in
hospitalization and some of the treatments of her time.
Frances Farmer
Paperback 1984
Harvey
DVD James Stewart, Charles Drake, Cecil Kellaway 1950
House of Fools
Yuliya Vysotskaya, Yevgeni Mironov, Vladas Bagdonas 2002
Judd, L. L. (Editor), et al Basic and Clinical Science of Mental and Addictive Disorders (Bibliotheca Psychiatrica, No. 167)
Hardcover 1997
Karp, David Allen The Burden of Sympathy- How Families Cope With Mental Illness Hardcover (October 2000)
King of Hearts
DVD |
VHS
(1967) -- Pierre Brasseur
Nemeroff, Charles; Schatzberg, Alan Recognition
and Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders Hardcover 1999
Nuts (1987)
VHS Barbra Streisand
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) -- Jack
Nicholson, Louise Fletcher; DVD
| VHS
Annotation :
Literature, Arts,
and Medicine Database at New York University School of Medicine
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey (Paperback
- July 1989) | Library
Binding |
Mass
Market Paperback | Audio
Cassette | Audio
CD (Unabridged)
Porter, Roy
Madness: A Brief History Hardcover
Requiem for a Dream
VHS |
DVD 2000 Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto
Shock Corridor Peter Breck,
John Matthews, Paul Dubov, Philip Ahn 1963
The Snake Pit
(1948) -- Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens; VHS
Suddenly,
Last Summer (1959) -- Elizabeth Taylor,
Katharine Hepburn; DVD
Tsuang, Ming et al Recognition And Prevention of Major Mental And Substance Use Disorders
Hardcover 2007
Williams, Tennessee Suddenly
Last Summer (Paperback - January 1998)
Ward, Mary Jane Snake Pit
library binding 1996
A Woman Under the Influence DVD Peter Falk, Gena Rowlands 1974
Woolis, Rebecca & Agnes Hatfied When
Someone You Love Has a Mental Illness : A Handbook for Family, Friends, and
Caregivers Paperback 1992